trazar Negative Imperative Conjugation
trazar — to draw
Negative commands always use the spelling-changed subjunctive forms: no traces, no trace, no tracemos, no tracéis, no tracen.
trazar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone not to draw or outline something.
Notes on trazar in the Negative Imperative
All forms use the 'c' spelling change (from the present subjunctive) because the endings start with 'e'.
Example Sentences
No traces nada en la pared.
Don't draw anything on the wall.
tú
No tracen el mapa todavía.
Don't trace the map yet.
No tracemos conclusiones precipitadas.
Let's not draw hasty conclusions.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the affirmative form with 'no' (e.g., 'no traza').
Correct: no traces
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive form, not the indicative.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: trazo
Trazar is completely regular in the present tense: trazo, trazas, traza, trazamos, trazáis, trazan.
Preterite
yo: tracé
Trazar has a spelling change only in the 'yo' form: tracé, trazaste, trazó, trazamos, trazasteis, trazaron.
Imperfect
yo: trazaba
Trazar is regular in the imperfect: trazaba, trazabas, trazaba, trazábamos, trazabais, trazaban.
Future
yo: trazaré
Trazar is regular in the future: trazaré, trazarás, trazará, trazaremos, trazaréis, trazarán.
Conditional
yo: trazaría
Trazar is regular in the conditional: trazaría, trazarías, trazaría, trazaríamos, trazaríais, trazarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: trace
Trazar undergoes a spelling change from 'z' to 'c' before 'e': trace, traces, trace, tracemos, tracéis, tracen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: trazara
The imperfect subjunctive of trazar is regular, based on the 'trazaron' stem: trazara, trazaras, trazara, trazáramos, trazarais, trazaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: traza
The imperative uses 'traza' (tú) and spelling-changed 'trace' (usted/ustedes).